slaughter

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The killing of animals, generally for food.
2. 2
   A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
3. 3
   A mass destruction of non-living things.
4. 4
   A rout or decisive defeat.
5. 5
   A group of iguanas.

Verb

1. 1
   To butcher animals, generally for food.
2. 2
   To massacre people in large numbers.
3. 3
   To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the surname.
3. 3
   Used in the placenames of the Slaughters, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter.